Golden Gate Transit bus stolen from depot in Novato

A Golden Gate Transit bus was recovered in Sonoma County on Tuesday after a man allegedly stole it from a bus yard in Novato.

The incident was reported at about 3:50 p.m. at the depot off Redwood Boulevard north of Olive Avenue. Mary Currie, a spokeswoman for Golden Gate Transit, said there were two buses in the lot at the time, and the suspect drove off in one of them, a 2003 Orion.

Later in the afternoon, police reported that the bus had been spotted in Santa Rosa. Police located both the bus and the suspect, and the investigation was continuing Tuesday night.

The name of the suspect was not available.

Golden Gate Transit has about 200 buses in its fleet, including 80 of the 41-seat Orions.

The incident occurred four days after a man allegedly stole an AC Transit bus from the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco, then drove it about 100 miles before he was arrested.